Burks v. Texas, 448 U.S. 907
Case details
Bluebook Citation
Burks v. Texas, 448 U.S. 907
Full caption
Burks v. Texas. Starvaggi v. Texas. Barfield v. North Carolina.
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Disposition
Certiorari Denied
Dissent
Brennan (Justice) with Marshall (Justice)
Dissent
Marshall (Justice)
No. 79-5533.
No. 79-6099.
No. 79-6350.
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.;
Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
Sup. Ct. N. C. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 79-5533, 583 S. W. 2d 389; No. 79-6099, 593 S. W. 2d 323; No. 79-6350, 298 N. C. 306, 259 S. E. 2d 510.
Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.